Flamingo Time!

Oh my word!! I saw the demo that Jess did in the Blank Page Muse Stamps Fan Group and fell in love with the designs from Pam Bray. Now up until this episode I wasn't a fan of flamingos, I liked them but had never thought of stamping or playing with the images. Then Pam and Blank Page Muse happened..darn you!! LOL Now I have them in my craft room! And I am so glad I do!

I am not affiliated in any way, I just love these stamps! The detail and the gorgeous thick rubber is amazing to stamp with! 

You need to see all the amazing images available from Blank Page Muse.

I took Jess's suggestion and used my TH scissors to cut out my rubber and it was glorious! I then used some double sided tape on acrylic blocks to index all my new images!

 Then I had to play a little too! This is my first project using the Flamingo Row and Tropical Dreams stamps.

Here are a few close ups of the project. You need these sets! I love the flowers and drinks and fussy cut all those out to add them to my little frame. I coloured everything in with Distress Markers and a water brush.

It all started with this little guy!

And who doesn't love delicious tropical drinks with umbrellas and in a coconut.

Yum! Added some Distress Clear Rock Candy Crackle!

 

 

 

 

 Make sure you head over to Jess's blog to see all her projects with these sets, and definitely go see Pam's blog as well. Also, here is the link to all of Pam Bray's designs with Blank Page Muse.

List of products used:

Blank Page Muse Stamps - Tropical Dreams

Blank Page Muse Stamps - Flamingo Row

TH Distress Markers in Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Lucky Clover, Twisted Citron, Black Soot, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Vintage Photo

TH Distress Crayons in Mermaid Lagoon and Festive Berries

TH Distress Paint in Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo and Lucky Clover

Artist's Loft Iridescent Medium  

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great week ahead!

Cathy

 

A thank you to your guests

Featuring the Forever & Always Collection, we've had a wedding planner for the bride, party favors for everyone to take home and now we have a thank you card for your guests.  It's always good to thank everyone that helped you celebrate such a big day in your life.

I used the same Distress Marker colours that I used on the wedding favor, Bundled Sage and Seedless Preserves to create this pretty card.

Yes, that little sketchy heart is one of my faves! A simple design but so pretty and you can use it for any occasion or just to say hey.

A few step outs and close ups are up on the Wild Whisper Blog for you to have a look at. And yes, you do need this collection, it's not just for weddings! That sketchy heart....you do need that too!

Have a great week everyone! Be sure to check out all the creations from the amazing Design team.

Thanks!

Cathy

Forever & Always Wedding Favors

Wild Whisper has yet another amazing collection! Forever & Always is so versatile and so pretty. I love that it has lots of colour and beautiful neutrals too.

For this week's project I made a wedding favor for the guests to take home. I used the 12X12 paper pack and a number of the great stamps from this collection.

I used an old box I had from a swap from years ago (made me feel a little less hoarder like because I used it lol) to create this little favor box. For more details and pics head on over to the Wild Whisper Blog to check it out. While you are there make sure to have a look around at the incredible projects my team mates are creating! 

Happy Wednesday everyone! Thank you for checking in and have a really great week!

Cathy

Winter Wishes for All

Only 8 more sleeps till Christmas Day!!! Woot Woot!!! But first it's the Winter Wishes Part 2 from Emerald Creek!! I did a home decor piece for the holidays this time. Using an old frame I've had kicking around and one of my favorite Emerald Creek stamps I now have a new piece for my wall or my little mantle.
Make sure to share your Winter Wishes over at Emerald Creek Dares Challenge for your chance to win a $50 GC to order all these amazing products!

I started with an ivory piece of cardstock and sprayed it with Distress Spray in Tea Dye and Vintage Photo. I stamped my holly branch stamp on the stained paper and then coloured it in with Distress markers, the Christmas Polka was also stamped on the this paper. I gessoed a wooden frame then painted it with Candied Apple, and sponged over that with Vintage Photo and lastly with Ground Espresso.

Once I had the holly branch painted, I took some Picket Fence paint mixed with some Soft Fallen Snow embossing powder and Wendy Vecchi's Pearl Spray, painted the white berries and then splattered my images to add a touch of "winter snow".

I painted in the swirly pieces with Candied Apple Distress Paint and a spritz of Pearl Mica Spray from Wendy Vecchi's line.

The Christmas Polka stamp on the stained cardstock, torn around the edges and curled over some thick twine to keep it in place.

Please make sure you swing by my team mates blogs and see their incredible projects!

Katelyn
Jessica
Claudia

Emerald Creek Supplies Used: Christmas Polka Stamp Holly Branch Stamp Deer Charm Soft Fallen Snow EP

Other Supplies Used: Distress Spray Distress Markers Distress Paint

Enter your Winter Wishes at Emerald Creek for a chance to win a $50 GC!! You know you want to!! :)

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to check out the EC Design Team projects from  the links above!
Have a great weekend!

Cathy

Love this stamp!

My new favorite stamp is the Christmas Polka from Emerald Creek! I want the stamp to be the focal point and try to keep it simple. I did one a couple weeks ago with  red and Tea Dye and Vintage Photo and I loved that one (had more embellishments) but I wanted to try a couple other colour combos. 

I used the original color combo again because I do love it and then tried 2 others.

 

The one thing that I remembered to do with this one was emboss my red piece with the poinsettia folder before I attached it! I love the little extra texture it gives. Unfortunately I forgot that step on the other two, but will remember for the next batch, This combo is the Candied Apple Marker and Tea Dye. I used a very fine liner brush to paint in the scroll parts.

This combo is Stormy Sky and Brushed Pewter. The pewter really does stand out more in person than it does in the photos. I just could not capture the shimmer it gives.

This combo is Pine Needles and Tarnished Brass. I think embossing the gold piece of cardstock will make the next batch pop just a bit more.

To pain in the scroll work, again I just used a very fine line brush and sprayed my Tarnished Brass on my craft mat and picked up the colour from there. It does take a bit of time, but it's so worth it.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a wonderful weekend with some creating time!

Cathy

More Christmas...

before Halloween!! But again, another amazing new image from Emerald Creek made me just have to play! I love this image and how versatile it can be! I love it for a pretty and simple card and I think it would be beautiful on a canvas as the corner image, with ai family/friend/framily (friends who are family) pic in the center of canvas.

This beautiful stamp is the Holly Branch Stamp from Emerald Creek, one of Kim's newest designs. I stamped the image in Archival Black then used my Distress markers to colour the image in, I love how you can shade with these markers! Once it was coloured, I went over the image with the Distress Glaze and let it soak in and dry, then I edge the ripped image and all around the image with distress ink. I added the super pretty and sparkly Glitter Bead also from Emerald Creek where the little mistletoe berries are.

Seriously these little glitter beads are so so pretty, I just could not do the sparkle justice in the pictures!

Thank you for stopping by and seeing my start of Christmas. Another will be coming soon as the newest Nicole Wright Designs stamp set, Woodland Winter is beautiful too! The script Merry Christmas is from her set and the one above is from my autographed Tim Holtz set that I won in Nicole's class!

Have a great day everyone!

Cathy